On Saturday, December 12, SVKM's NMIMS University in Mumbai, announced that it would conduct the semester-end examinations online from January 2, after postponing them earlier. However, the management has said that this time the students are allowed to appear for online exams from one of its seven campuses if they do not have a desktop or a laptop.
In November the university cancelled the examinations after a collective of students wrote an open letter to the management to record their disagreement regarding the recently issued online examination guidelines and had requested that they be revised.
Meanwhile, it appears that the students from remote regions were not comfortable about travelling during the pandemic. They also alleged that the university has also not addressed the internet connectivity issue and the schedule now clashes with their internships and preparation for entrance tests.
According to reports, as per the November semester examination guidelines released by NMIMS’ Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce, all students were asked to ensure stable internet connectivity of at least 2 Mbps speed.
As reported earlier, in the last month, the university had decided to conduct semester examinations in the conventional paper-pen format when the institution reopens as several students complained about issues with online examinations.
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In reference to that, NMIMS University's registrar Meena Chintamaneni said they have decided to conduct the exams online given the current situation. She also stated that students with genuine problems will receive every due consideration.
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